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Mar 18, 2025
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ARE 2111 - Fundamentals of Electricity and Circuits2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course presents fundamental principles of electrical circuits and power systems that are relevant to commercial building projects. Power and energy are discussed, as well as electrical components such as capacitors, inductors, motors, and lighting systems. Topics are related to building power distribution and lighting systems in commercial construction.
Prereq: MTH 1110 (quarter system prereq: MA 137)
Note: Only one of ARE 2111 and ELE 2001 can be used to meet a degree requirement unless approved by the program director.
This course meets the following Raider Core CLO Requirement: None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Explain the difference between series and parallel circuits
- Apply Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s law
- Apply nodal and mesh analysis
- Explain Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems
- Discuss the function of inductors, capacitors, motors, and lighting
- Explain how circuits, current, and voltage work
- Discuss the basics of building power distribution and electrical service
Prerequisites by Topic
- Differentiation and integration
- Solving linear equations and algebraic problems with complex numbers
Course Topics
- Circuits, current, and voltage
- Series and parallel circuits
- Ohm’s law
- Kirchhoff’s current and voltage laws
- Power and energy
- Nodal and mesh analysis
- Superposition
- Thevenin’s theorem
- Norton’s theorem
- Maximum power transfer
- Capacitors, inductors and phasors
- RMS value
- Complex power
- AC generation and sources
- Building electrical service and power distribution
- Building electrical motors and lighting
Laboratory Topics
- Weekly hands-on exercises and interactive problem-solving sessions that reinforce the weekly lecture topics
Coordinator
Tamara Omari
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